Improvement in door-securers



W.'D.RUMSEY. i

Doo-r-Seourer.

No. 207,073. Patent'd Aug. 13,1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lVILLIAM D. RUMSEY, OF MUNG'IE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOOR-SECURERS.

gpecificaiiou forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,073, dated August 13, 1878; application filed July 13, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. RUMSEY, of Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Door and Sash Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the con struction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front view of a door, showing my door and sash fastener applied, and Fig. 2 is a bottom-plan view of the same.

My invention consists in two hooked rods, pivoted at one end and secured to the door at such pivotal point, the hooked extremities of each rod having bearings in eyes or sockets, one of which is secured to the door or sash and the other to the frame. A thumb-screw at the pivot acts as a toggle to make the rods rigid.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates my invention.

A represents a portion of a door-frame, and B the door hinged thereto. 0 0 represent two metal pl ates,which are each formed with an eye or socket, a, as shown. One of these plates is fastened to the door and the other to the doorframe. D D represent two rods, the outerends of which are formed with hooks d (l, to be in sorted in the eyes or sockets to a of the plates (J G. The inner ends of the rods D D are joined together by a pivot, b, one end of which forms a nut, b, for the passage of a thumbscrew, F. This thumb-screw has a block, G, swiveled upon its end, as shown.

When the hook-rodsD D are inserted in the eyes or sockets a of the plates 6 G the thumbscrew F is screwed inward until the block G is held firmly against the door and the rods D become rigidly held in place, when the door cannot be opened from the outside.

By loosening the thumb-screw the rods are loosened and can be detached from the plates, to be used at pleasure. I

This device may also be used as a sash-fastener by securing the sockets to the top sash. The fastener is then inserted in the sockets and the thumb-screw screwed down on top of the lower sash, making a perfect fastening.

The device is cheap, simple, and durable, and not liable to get out of order. When once fastened in place it cannot become detached except by loosening the thumb-screw.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A door and sash fastener consisting of two hooked rods, D D, united together by a pivot, b, a thumb-screw, F, passing through one end of the pivot, and eyes or sockets to a, for receiving the hooked ends of the rods, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. RUMSEY.

Witnesses:

WILL H. M. COOPER, Z. L. SIMMONS. 

